Ch. 7 Control of Microbial Growth

Question 1

Sterilization

Answer 1

Removal or destruction of ALL living microbes(including endospores, naked viruses, other spores)

Question 2

Disenfection

Answer 2

Reduce/destroy vegetative pathogens (not endospores)

Question 3

Sanitization

Answer 3

Removal of microbes and exposure to disinfectant of an object/surface

Question 4

Antisepsis

Answer 4

Removal/destruction of vegetative pathogens from living tissue (aseptic technique)

Question 5

Degermation

Answer 5

Mechanical removal of microbes from living tissue

Question 6

-cide

Answer 6

Kills

Question 7

-static

Answer 7

Prevents growth, does not kill and if removed growth may resume

Question 8

Thermal Death Point

Answer 8

Lowest temp at which all microbes in a liquid are killed in 10 min

Question 9

Thermal Death Time

Answer 9

Minimal length of time for all bacteria in a liquid culture to be killed at a specific temp

Question 10

Decimal Reduction Time

Answer 10

Time in minutes in which 90% of a population of bacteria at a given temp will be killed